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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 1: the Ante-bellum life of the author. (search)
r thought that I had forgotten my old friend the enemy, but I smiled, for he had become dear to me,--in waking hours and in dreams,--and the cadet passed easily enough for a maximum mark. The cadets had their small joys and sometimes little troubles. On one occasion a cadet officer reported me for disobedience of orders. As the report was not true, I denied it and sent up witnesses of the occasion. Dick Garnett, who fell in the assault of the 3d, at Gettysburg, was one witness, and Cadet Baker, so handsome and lovable that he was called Betsy, was the other. Upon overlooking the records I found the report still there, and went to ask the superintendent if other evidence was necessary to show that the report was not true. He was satisfied of that, but said that the officer complained that I smiled contemptuously. As that could only be rated as a single demerit, I asked the benefit of the smile; but the report stands to this day, Disobedience of orders and three demerits. The
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 4: the Confederates hovering around Washington. (search)
e, to dislodge the Confederates at that place. Early in the morning of the 21st of October four of General Stone's regiments crossed the Potomac at Edwards's Ferry, and about the same time five other regiments, under the immediate command of Colonel Baker, late United States Senator from Oregon, crossed the river above at Ball's Bluff. Leaving Colonel Barksdale with his Thirteenth Mississippi, with six pieces of artillery as a reserve, to hold in check the force that had crossed at Edwards's Ferry, Evans with his main force assailed the force under Colonel Baker, and after a long and fierce struggle, under a heavy fire of batteries on both sides of the river, drove them down the bluff to the river, many surrendering, others plunging into the river to recross, overcrowding and sinking the boats that had brought them over; some drowning in the Potomac. Two months later, December 20, there was an affair at Dranesville which for us was by no means so satisfactory as Evans's at Lee
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 15: the Maryland campaign. (search)
le soldiers wending their way to the army march through the Valley to join us in Maryland. Trains of supplies were ordered to move by the same route. On the 5th and 6th the columns crossed the Potomac by the fords near Leesburg. Stuart's cavalry, coming up from the line near Alexandria and the Long Bridge, passed to front and right flank of the army. General McLaws's division, General J. G. Walker, with two brigades of his division, and General Hampton's cavalry brigade, including Colonel Baker's North Carolina regiment, joined us on the march. On the 7th our infantry and artillery commands came together near Frederick City. Riding together before we reached Frederick, the sound of artillery fire came from the direction of Point of Rocks and Harper's Ferry, from which General Lee inferred that the enemy was concentrating his forces from the Valley, for defence at Harper's Ferry, and proposed to me to organize forces to surround and capture the works and the garrison. I
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 19: battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam (continued). (search)
rkpatrick's battery), Fluvanna (Va.) Art. (Ancell's battery), Huckstep's (Va.) battery, Johnson's (Va.) battery, Milledge (Ga.) Art. (Milledge's battery). 2Miscellaneous, Cutshaw's (Va.) battery, Dixie (Va.) Art. (Chapman's battery), Magruder (Va.) Art. (T. J. Page, Jr.‘s, battery), Rice's (Va.) battery, Capt. W. H. Rice; Thomas's (Va.) Art. (E. J. Andersen's battery). Left at Leesburg. Cavalry, Maj.-Gen. James E. B. Stuart :--Hampton's Brigade, Brig.- Gen. Wade Hampton; 1st N. C., Col. L. S. Baker; 2d S. C., Col. M. C. Butler; 10th Va., Cobb's (Ga.) Legion, Lieut.-Col. P. M. B. Young; Jeff Davis Legion, Lieut.-Col. W. T. Martin. Lee's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee; 1st Va., Lieut.-Col. L. Tiernan Brien; 3d Va., Lieut.-Col. John T. Thornton; 4th Va., Col. William C. Wickham; 5th Va., Col. T. L. Rosser; 9th Va. Robertson's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. B. H. Robertson, Col. Thomas T. Munford; 2d Va., Col. T. T. Munford and Lieut.-Col. Burks; 6th Va.; 7th Va., Capt. S. B. Myers; 12th Va.,
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 23: battle of Fredericksburg (continued). (search)
art; Henry's (Va.) battery, M. W. Henry; Moorman's (Va.) battery, M. N. Moorman. cavalry, Organization of brigades as established November 10, 1862. On roster for December 16, 1862, Hart's, Breathed's, Moorman's, and Chew's batteries appear as attached, respectively, to the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Brigades. Commanders are given as reported December 16, 1862. Maj.-Gen. James E. B. Stuart:--First Brigade Detachment on raid to Dumfries.; Brig.-Gen. Wade Hampton; 1st N. C., Col. L. S. Baker; 1st S. C., Col. J. L. Black; 2d S. C., Col. M. C. Butler; Cobb (Ga.) Legion, Lieut.-Col. P. M. B. Young; Phillips's (Ga.) Legion, Lieut.-Col. William W. Rich. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee; 1st Va., Col. James H. Drake; 2d Va., Col. Thomas T. Munford; 3d Va., Col. T. H. Owen; 4th Va., Col. William C. Wickham; 5th Va. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. W. H. F. Lee; 2d N. C., Col. S. Williams; 9th Va., Col. R. L. T. Beale; 10th Va., Col. J. Lucius Davis; 13th Va., Col. J. R. Chambliss
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter28: Gettysburg-Third day. (search)
; Letcher (Va.) Art., Capt. T. A. Brander; Pee Dee (S. C.) Art., Lieut. William E. Zimmerman; Purcell (Va.) Art., Capt. Joseph McGraw. Cavalry. Stuart's division, Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart :--Hampton's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wade Hampton, Col. L. S. Baker; 1st N. C., Col. L. S. Baker; 1st and 2d S. C.; Cobb's (Ga.) Legion, Jeff. Davis Logion, Phillips (Ga.) Legion. Robertson's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Beverly H. Robertson; Commanded his own and W. E. Jones's brigade. 4th N. C., Col. D. D. FerebCol. L. S. Baker; 1st and 2d S. C.; Cobb's (Ga.) Legion, Jeff. Davis Logion, Phillips (Ga.) Legion. Robertson's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Beverly H. Robertson; Commanded his own and W. E. Jones's brigade. 4th N. C., Col. D. D. Ferebee; 5th N. C. Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee; 1st Md. Battn., Serving with Ewell's corps. Maj. Harry Gilmor, Maj. Ridgely Brown; 1st Va., Col. James H. Drake; 2d Va., Col. T. T. Munford; 3d Va., Col. Thomas H. Owen; 4th Va., Col. William C. Wickham; 5th Va., Col. T. L. Rosser. Jenkins's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. G. Jenkins, Col. M. J. Ferguson; 14th, 16th, and 17th Va.; 34th Va. Battn., Lieut.-Col. V. A. Witcher; 36th Va. Battn.; Jackson's (Va.) Batt., Capt. Thomas E. Jackson. Jo
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the campaign of the Carolinas. (search)
then. Hagood's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Hagood: llth S. C., Capt. B. F. Wyman; 21st S. C., Capt. J. A. W. Thomas, Col. R. F. Graham; 25th S. C., Capt. E. R. Lesesne; 27th S. C., Capt. Thomas Y. Simons; 7th S. C. Batt'n, Capt. William Clyburn, Lieut.-Col. James H. Rion. Kirkland's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. W. W. Kirkland: 17th N. C., Lieut.-Col. T. 11. Sharp; 42d N. C., Col. John E. Brown; 50th N. C., Col. George Wortham; 66th N. C., Col. J. H. Nethercutt. First Brigade Junior Reserves, Brig.-Gen. L. S. Baker: 1st N. C., Lieut.-Col. C. W. Broadfoot; 2d N. C., Col. J. H. Anderson; 3d N. C., Col. J. W. Hinsdale; 1st N. C. Batt'n, Capt. C. M. Hall. Cheatham's division, All the troops of Cheatham's old corps engaged at Bentonville were commanded by Maj.-Gen. W. B. Bate. Maj.-Gen. B. F. Cheatham. Palmer's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Joseph B. Palmer: 1st Tenn. (consolidated 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Tenn., and 24th Tenn. Batt'n), Lieut.-Col. O. A. Bradshaw; 2d Tenn. (cons
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 64 (search)
ill overlooking miles of the country, and two and a half miles south of Louisville. The country on both sides of the Ogeechee is an extensive swamp, with thick, tangled growth. These swamps, however, have good sandy bottoms, and it was not difficult to pass through them. The distance marched was ten miles. December 1.--Moved at seven A. M., my division leading, following the road toward Millen. My advance was preceded by the Ninth Illinois mounted infantry. Crossed Big Dry Spring and Baker's Creeks, passing through the camp of Carlin's division of the Fourteenth corps, west of Baker's Creek, and encamped one and a half miles from Bark Camp Creek. The country passed through on this day's march was very swampy, although the roads in the main were very good. The facilities for forage were not as ample as on the previous days, the plantations being comparatively few; and although these few bore marks of having been well cultivated, the stock and provisions had been mostly remove
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 68 (search)
. S. Benner, Third Kentucky cavalry, Aid-de-Camp; Lieutenant William Waters, Third Kentucky cavalry, Provost-Marshal; Captain Baker, Eighth Indiana, Acting Commissary of Subsistence; and Lieutenant Winters, acting ordnance officer; Eighth Indiana orsed the river above me. Pushing on toward the town, my advance came upon a column moving out on the McDonough road. Lieutenant Baker, with company E, immediately charged the enemy, and drove them hastily through the town. In the mean time, another , the whole numbering probably forty men. I ordered Lieutenant Jones, commanding company D, to charge them, ordering Lieutenant Baker, with company E, to support the charge. The rebels broke in all directions, leaving their guns, hats, blankets, andever, I feel constrained to bear testimony to the good conduct and gallantry of Adjutant Mitchell, and Lieutenants Jones, Baker, and Bryan; also to the gallantry of Sergeants Jackson, of company B, and Holland, of company H, and private Pierce, of c
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
oads, were two regiments of cavalry, under Colonel Baker, First North Carolina cavalry. Matters wecolumn near Gatewood's, where Colonels Rosser, Baker, and Goode, with their respective regiments, jasualties you are respectfully referred to Colonel Baker's report. During the series of engagementorth Carolina, that the enemy had taken in Colonel Baker's engagement, early in the morning. This his I also reported to General Huger. But Colonel Baker, having arrived, assumed the command, and morning, (twenty-ninth,) I moved off, with Colonel Baker, in the direction of the Long Bridge. As inity for some hours, I was ordered, under Colonel Baker, First North Carolina cavalry, to take posance guard from my regiment, thrown out by Colonel Baker, reported that both sides of the road leadive at the same time. A small number under Major Baker, who were the first to enter the field, werwere killed and wounded — among the latter, Major Baker, whilst behaving most gallantly. Lieutenan[10 more...]
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